{"id":23148,"date":"2016-06-17T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=23148"},"modified":"2016-06-17T15:46:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T20:46:43","slug":"santino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/17\/santino\/","title":{"rendered":"Santino talks WWE release, WWE not biting on post-wrestling role, wanting to create &#8220;NXT-North&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1787219985\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Santino Marella says he talked to WWE about a non-wrestling TV role after his in-ring career ended. However, the company decided to release him as part of the most-recent series of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/tag\/wwe-roster-cuts\">roster cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2019t wrestle anymore. Of course, I could\u2019ve done stuff on the mic as a general manager, manager, commentator, whatever, but I guess they didn\u2019t see it that way or maybe there\u2019s nothing going on right now. But they were pretty clear about this is just a Level 2 contract, and I can still do stuff on the (WWE) Network,&#8221; Santino said on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inyourheadonline.com\/viewnews.php?autoid=28947\" target=\"_blank\">In Your Head Wrestling Radio show<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=beOUK3q5krs\" target=\"_blank\">Jack E. Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Santino is now focusing on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.battleartsacademy.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Battle Arts Academy in Canada<\/a>. 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